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45 C H A P T E R 3 | Higher availability Note More information on this topic is available in "Understanding Quorum Configurations in a Failover Cluster" at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731739.aspx. Using Storage Spaces Direct Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview introduces the Storage Spaces Direct feature, which seamlessly integrates several existing Windows Server features to build a software-defined storage stack, as shown in Figure 3-10. These features include Scale-Out File Server, Clustered Shared Volume File Systems (CSVFS), and Failover Clustering. Figure 3-10: Storage options in Storage Spaces Direct. The main use case for this feature is high-performance primary storage for Hyper-V virtual files. Additionally, storage tiers are built into the solution. If you require a higher tier of performance for TempDB volumes, you can configure Storage Spaces Direct accordingly. SQL Server can take full advantage of this feature set because the infrastructure supports AlwaysOn Availability Groups and AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances, thereby providing a much lower total cost of ownership compared with traditional enterprise storage solutions. Note See "Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview" at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126109.aspx to learn more.